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<p>Vassar. March 16 ,1873, Dearest Cara, Tonight finding no absolute necessity for studying, and feeling too lazy to go down stairs and hunt up the paper containing accounts of inaugural ceremonies, I will employ my time agreeable, if not very profitably (?) writing to you, dear&mdash; As usual I am raging at the weather. It always happens that right after I have been unusually wrathy upon the subject, it becomes quite pleasant and I am conscience-smitten.</p> However I shall... Show more<p>Vassar. March 16 ,1873, Dearest Cara, Tonight finding no absolute necessity for studying, and feeling too lazy to go down stairs and hunt up the paper containing accounts of inaugural ceremonies, I will employ my time agreeable, if not very profitably (?) writing to you, dear&mdash; As usual I am raging at the weather. It always happens that right after I have been unusually wrathy upon the subject, it becomes quite pleasant and I am conscience-smitten.</p> However I shall not be so again; I have suffered too much with cold for the last two nights. We pile on all our shawls, in addition to the blankets, have the window down but a trifle, a necessity when six are in one parlor, and yet we lie cramped up all night with aching bones. In the morning, just as we are beginning to grow a little warmer, up we must spring, dress in the cold and go about all day, shivering through the Corridors, shaking at the table, fee. The Chapel seems the only really comfortable place. And yet outdoors today the sun was shining brightly and walking was quite enjoyable. But when a large building once gets cold, there seems no drivingit away again. Sunday. To continue my descourse upon the weather, I can now record a most delightful day. When I awoke this morning I thought I could sunlight not possibly be at Vassar. The bright morning was flooding my room which was fragrant with flowers which had been standing there over night. Andall day I have been reminded of our lovely days In Feb. when the whole grounds are odorous with plum blossoms. The air today does not seem in keeping with the deep cover of snow upon ground. Yesterday Bertha Keffer, a southern girl, and mysef amused ourselves by making a snow man, about a foot high- We labelled him 'Lo! the poor Indian,' I and like little children, enjoyed decking him with green plumes and wands, and sacrilege! we placed a cigar in his mouth. Today I went to enquire after his health, but ah, where he had before smiled upon us, nothing now remains but a heap of soft snow. Can you make a moral for this sad tale? What an amusing time you all must have had when the roof blew off! fit I had beea there I think Papa would not have beea able to say that the gentleman outran all the ladies, for I am not as brave as Texas ought to be. Miss Lough, one of my parlor-mates, and myself are reading aloud "Off the Skelligs," and taking it all in all like it very weU. It has been so harshly criticised that I wan prepared to be disappointed in it, but notagreeably so, as I have been. Really, I have never had such an easy time, in regard to study, as this semester. If It were not for essays, it would all be delightful I was all prepared to give you a good scolding, yesterday when your letter came, and appeased me half as well as a peep at your dear face would have done. Just think, Carrie, I hope to be at home on your next birthday. won't that be fine? Mir lleben sie Drutefi Geben sie meine JLiebe alleren. Lovingly Julie Show less

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<3 (:._.;t: aw ' ~ -_ c»,~';:v:.e:: ‘ 1. M . .1 " " a. -, \ "‘ ., ‘ ( V ’ — 7 * * — , ’ V _ ~" . V . 3, , y ‘ , P‘ v , - 5 . , 5- ' a v V I I . I ; . \‘ V _ 3 :3 D » ., / » ‘ O 4,. r. . 3 ‘V _ x ~. “ » , ; , ’*‘~ ’ A , , ‘ . .. \ 1 _, 4 _ - .3 "~ , . \ ., . « I 7 K . ‘ 1 . \ L. , V V - . ‘ ' _ [3 J4 .- 1» a ‘ A ‘ A ; ' w G o 1 ~ / , , - 4 / ': ~~,§§- 1» WHO WAS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON? 1815~1902 MY MOTHER By Margaret Stanton Lawrence In... Show more<3 (:._.;t: aw ' ~ -_ c»,~';:v:.e:: ‘ 1. M . .1 " " a. -, \ "‘ ., ‘ ( V ’ — 7 * * — , ’ V _ ~" . V . 3, , y ‘ , P‘ v , - 5 . , 5- ' a v V I I . I ; . \‘ V _ 3 :3 D » ., / » ‘ O 4,. r. . 3 ‘V _ x ~. “ » , ; , ’*‘~ ’ A , , ‘ . .. \ 1 _, 4 _ - .3 "~ , . \ ., . « I 7 K . ‘ 1 . \ L. , V V - . ‘ ' _ [3 J4 .- 1» a ‘ A ‘ A ; ' w G o 1 ~ / , , - 4 / ': ~~,§§- 1» WHO WAS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON? 1815~1902 MY MOTHER By Margaret Stanton Lawrence In 3 Parts. Part 1 Picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton Mrs Stanton was the first person in the world to ask for votes for women, away back in 1848. And as the ballot has now been given to all the women of the United States, I thought this would be a good time to tell the rising generation of young people something about the home life of the individual who started the whole question of suffrage for her sex. ._‘,.4:- 94. \\‘ ELIZ.&ETH cm STANTQN y Earl Bars iﬁ Jehnstcwn , Y 3 Over one hundred years age, a little girl was born whese meme Wee destined to be keen by the gee ideas ehe set adrift. JAIﬁie ehild was Elizabeth Cedyg TShe first saw the light ef day November 12,Li§15, en the hills of Johnsﬁewng Fulton Cagney, ﬂew York. Her iether, Daniel Cady, was e renowned jurist; he set on the bench of the Supreme Court %and Court of Appeals, of New York State, till he was ever eighty years of age, A.life~eized portrait of him hangs in the Capitol at Albany. Her metherﬁ Margaret Livingston,'Wes a tell, handsome eomanﬁ a daughter ef Gel. James Livingsten, who served on General Weshingten‘s eteff during ﬁhe Revolutionary Ear. Ere. Cady was a daring horse~woman9 she was full of "vim? and “go”, so that Elizabeth inherited beauty, breine ana fight freezbeth eidee of her family. % She eas breught up in the midst of ease ané luxury; ené this makes it the mere remarkable that, even in her youth, she sheule have felt so keenly the injustice of the laws bearing on eemen. ’«3®t'.i=Is&’$-ﬂ95G$¢SG$€&E§Qﬁ$$'$ ¢ 1 I 5 3 G 9 :3 3 Picture 1 3 5 <° 5 3 of : 3 e 3 *3’ » . ° §‘:’§Z‘S 3 Cadgf 3 5.» m ‘ , 5’ w ,,_3:”, .» . , g :4: k 3 Q 4; -_., etcedoeaocca-sweetie-necoetﬂ Childhood I erwaye like te knew haw the people lack that I am.reediﬂg abﬁutv There were no photographs taken in those far-off days so I was glad to come upon this pen picture of my mother: “Elizabeth Cady was a plump little girl with very fair skin, rosy cheeks, good features, dark brown curly hair, laughing blue eyes, and beautiful tooth“. Those merry blue eyes were one of her marked features through life. An event that made a deep impression upon her, as a child, was the birth of a sister. Before she saw the now arrival, she heard several people say, “What a pity that the baby is another girl!" There were already four girls in the family, so when tho nurse took her in to see the little stranger, Elizabeth felt a kind of compassion for the baby. She remarked, in later life, "I didn't understand then that girls were considered an inferior order of beings." In those days there were no law schools in the United States. To the most noted lawyer in any region, the young man went who desired to study law. Judge Cady’s law offices, which adjoined his house, were famous all over the land and students came from the four points of the compass to be under his tutelage. Elizabeth’s Interest in the Law. my mother, from her earliest years, was constantly in her father’s offices, deeply interested in all that was going on there particularly in hearing the students talk about the laws they were studying. There was nothing those boys enjoyed more than roading aloud to Elizabeth all the bad laws they came upon relating to women. They found much more interesting to see her fly into a rage than to pore over musty law books. They always had a new batch ready whenever she appeared. Johnstown was in the midst of a large farming district, and Elizabeth often sat on hot father’s knee as he talked to his clients, especially if they were the wives of farmers who came to tell the tender-hearted judge of how unjustly they were being treated by their husbands. The cases often concerned the farm, on which many of the women had been born, and which frequently had been left them by their fathers before they were married. In 1823, no married woman could own property, If, as a girl, she had inherited a piece of land, the moment she married John Jones it passed into his hands. Everything she possessed his; her clothes, her false teeth even! If he took them away, she couldn't masticate her food! And she had no redress. The money she earned ever the wash~tub was likewise his, and he could collect it at the end of the day from the people for whom she worked! Worse still, he didn’t have to give her any of it. And this right of a husband to collect hie wife‘e wages was the law in California till 1910; when the women won the vote in that state. The Judge was explaining all these laws to old Sarah, whose ne‘er-do-well husband had mortgaged the beautiful farm which she had inherited from her father when she was a girl, till there was very little left. Sarah always supplied the Judge's family with eggs; butter, chickens, cider, and other good things, so that little Elizabeth looked upon her as a kind of lady bountiful, when she appeared at the week~ends. My grandfather got down many books and read the laws to Sarah to show her why he could not help her; however, petting her on the back, he told her he would put her on one of the best farms he owned, stock it for her, and she could have all she made from it, and could stay there as long as she lived. But it was justice not charity that the old woman wanted. Elizabeth had not been idle during this interview; When her father finished with a book, she quietly marked each law that he had read, turned down the leaf, and put the books back on the shelves upside down, so that she would know them. She followed the weeping woman into the street and when out of sight of the office she threw her arms about her, bade her cry no more, and told her that she had marked every one of those wicked laws, and that when the men had left the offices that evening she was going back and would cut them all out of the books. "Then", she said, "your troubles will be over!" As soon as Sarah could get rid of the child, she hurried back to Judge Cady and told him what his little intended doing. So, after supper, he took Elizabeth over to his office, and there, with the child seated on his knee, before the crackling logs of a big fireplace he told my mother how laws were made by the legislators at Albany, that his library was only one of many all over the state, that even if it burned up it would make no difference, that when people wanted to get the laws changed they had to go to Albany, talk to the legislators, and get them to alter the laws, then new books would be printed and the old ones laid aside. Little did that conservative judge dream that what no woman had ever done would, in years to come, be done by that very daughter of his. He unconsciously planted the seeds of rebellion in that fertile brain; and when grown to womanhood, the mother of four sons and a daughter, she took two nurses and two babies with her, and, leaving them at the Delevan house, went up to the Capitol building and made her first speech before a legislature on tﬁa unjust laws pertaining to married women. That was in 1854. 3i=39!?!&$a!Q5§9$'DiD9Q3@'8§§I§i§ -------------------------- : Picture : : of : : Judge Cady : -------------------------- Loss of her only Brother During my mother's childhood Judge and Mrs. Cady lost their only son, a fine, manly fellow, who had just graduated, with high honors, from Union College, JUDGE DANIEL CADY. Schenectady, N. Y. It nearly broke my grandfather's heart. He was always saying to Elizabeth, when she tried to console him, "Oh, my daughter, if you had only been a boy!“ Throwing her arms about him, she said “I will try to be all my brother was." She resolved to study hard and stand at the head of her class, to learn Greek, Latin, the higher mathematics, and to ride horseback--all of which resolves she carried out. Rev. Simon Hosack. Judge Cady‘s next door neighbor was an old Scotch Presbyterian clergyman, the Rev. Simon Hosack. Elizabeth was a great pet of his. Whenever she was in trouble she ran at once to consult him, she was eleven years old at this time. One morning, as he was working in his garden before breakfast, She came running over to ask him which he liked the better, girls or boys. "Why, girls of course," he replied, “I wouldn't give you for all the boys in Christendom." “My father doesn't feel that way," said the child, "he prefers boys, he wishes I had been one, and I intend to be as nearly like one as I possibly can. I am going to learn to ride horseback and swim, and I want to study Latin and Greek. Will you give me a Greek lesson now, Doctor? I want to begin at once”. “Yes, dear child," he said throwing dawn his hoe, come into my library and we will start without delay." He entered fully into the feeling of suffering that possessed the little girl, and putting into her hands the old grammar he had used in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, he taught her the Greek article before breakfast. Elizabeth Cady was educated in the old Academy in Johnstown. The girls and boys were all in the same classes, except in the languages and higher mathematics. In these subjects my mother was the only girl among a number of boys, mast of them older than she, who were preparing for college. She was always running races with John Wells to see who should stand at the head of the class. Some- timas it’W&$ Jﬁhﬂg aamﬁéimaﬁ @lﬁZa%@€h$ She carrieé cff any cf tha prizes, buﬁ, when flushed with iriumphg she ran té her father’s affice and laid thasa traasn uras im his 1ap§ and 1o§kad up inta his face for a word of praise; his mag ram spansa was; “Chi if you had only'been a bag.” Thus it was bcrne in uyan har, at an early age; that boys saemad ta ﬁe mars hivhly valuad than girls. The iran sank deep inio her Saul and aha ﬁeterminsd is see what she c@u1d do to lif% ﬁha terrible edium aﬁtached ta al1‘W@mankinﬁ¢ “Eighty years and I quate the follawing from.my mothergs autabiagraphyg Msre“:!"FroH;the Jchnstown ﬁcadamy many of tha bays 0f my glass wsnﬁ ta Enian H Collegeﬁ S$h@ﬂ@§ﬁ&ﬂy¢ ‘When those‘with‘whom.I had studied and aonﬁaﬁdad far ‘prizes for aver fiva years saws ta bid me goodubya, and I learned 0f the barrier that prevented my follwwing in their footstegs, ‘No girls amiﬁted here?, my vexation and marﬁification knew mg bounds. I remsm$er nsw how'prauﬁ amd%hamdsoma the boys lacked in their naw clothes as they jumpad an the staga~caach and drsve off, and haw lonaly I felt after they were gone, and I had aathing ta do, for the plans far my future were not yet determined. I felt mnrg kaenlf than aver ﬁhe humiliatian of the distinciion made on the grounds cf sex." There was not a oﬁilege for girls in the'world at that time;~1830. (Oberlin Collegeﬁ in Ohie, was nut o§ened till 1833.) The Emma‘Wi11ard Schecl. In family ceumcil it was decided to send Elizabeth is tha Emma ﬁillard ,Sehoa1 aﬁ Tray, N. Y.; the mast calebraiad educaﬁional instiﬁutian far girls to study but French, music and dancing. in ﬁha United States at that data¢ Alasi when Elizabeth reaahadfﬁwxéfﬂshe I’-£3 fauna that her sﬁudias in the excallant Jehnstcwn Acad@m§"had carried her far bavand the mast aﬁvanaeﬁ glasses in.her new schgcl. There as ngthimg fer her . t, . 2.3 W- ,,_. kylk“ She was so disgusted when she learned this and thought of her boy chums at Union College, only a few miles away, going on into the higher realms of study; that she burst into tears at the injustice of it all. But being a good deal of a philosopher, she pitched into French and music with all her might, and wrote home to her father for the extra money needed for the dancing lessons. The judge promptly wrote back that he was perfectly willing to pay out any amount of money to educate her head, but would give nothing to educate her heels! He was toe mush of a Puritan to believe in dancing. Elizabeth Cady, even as a girl, rarely let any men get the better of her in an argument. She sent off an epistle post-haste, “Thank you, dear father, but your letter shows great ignorance, dancing is done on the toes not on the heels! So please send me the money by return mail." And he did, for Daniel Cady was too just a judge not to know When he was worsted in a case! Educating a Young Man for the Ministry. In these early days girls and women were always doing things to educate young men for something that these sons of Adam were not able to accomplish by their own efforts. My mother was the leader of a club of girls in their church which had undertaken to raise funds to educate a young man for the ministry. They sewed, baked, brewed tea and coffee, held fairs and sociables to pay his way through the Auburn Theological Seminary. When he was ready to graduate, they sent him money to buy a new suit of black broadcloth, a high hat, and a cane. Then they invited him to come and preach them a serman in the presbyterian Church, the largest in the town. Everyone turned out to hear him. The front pews were reserved for the girls. When the church was full and the psychological moment had arrived, the club marched in, head by my mother, and took their seats, all dressed in spring attire, each girl on the tiptoe of expectation to hear what their youthful theolagua wnuld say. I shall never forget hearing my mother describe that scene ta an audi~ enea in Chiaagag when she was on one of her lecturing trips. After dilating on haw faithfully that club of girls had worked to aducaie liha young man, in her round, rich voiae, she askaﬁ that vast assembly; “Ana what do ycu think, my friends: he took for his text? That passage of the Scriptures which says, Pausing a momsnﬁ ts let her hearers catch the full significance of ihe ﬁhingg ﬁrs. Stanton remarked in a slow} distincﬁ tone, “we never aducatadanQih~ eri” Hef hearers bursi agﬁ into shcuts of laughter and ayplausaa Some man called ou%5 "I should hope net." when quigg was restored, mother‘went on to relate haw those girls turned and looked at cue ancther for just a momsnt, than all arose, and with heads l ‘they erect, drawing themselves ug to their full height, two by twg/marched dawn that lang aisle and out into the streei. They never stcpped ta hear ona ward ha said. And the huga Chicagc audience, 50 years after the incidenﬁ, shonisd they selves hearse calling, "Bravo! bravoil for those girls, and thraa eheers for Elizabeﬁh Cady' Stantoni" Girlhood. my grandfather had a large stable full of good driving and saddle horses, carriages and slaighs of all descriptiens. He didn’t allow his ﬁaughters to gs anywhere with young E@n.n1ess he prsvided the horses far horsebask riﬂing, ar the vehicles for driving, nor ceuld they go to public anﬁertainmgats unless he provided the tickets. This being'well understeod the Cady gir1s'wera graaé , . many favcrltes, and as grandmmther kept open house, and there wara%alway§[nice yaupg. man studying law in her husband’s offices, they never lacksd for asserts. A.most amusing incident occurred in connectian with a certain yaung man fror* T ’ 0 .* - ~ ﬁ - u . \ u‘Ln1on aullega, wna was spending hlS Chrlsﬁmaﬁ vaoatlgn at the Cady manﬁicn. 10 It was oviéont that he was quito smitton with y mothor; he had boon toooing her for being gush o chattorbox, and said he didn’t boliovo she could keep still too minutoo, she emphatically vowing she oould'olohout diffioulﬂy.% lhoro was o party of these gouﬁg §eOple gothorod about tho piano singing, lough~ ing and talking by turns. It was a glorious moonlight night anﬁ fins sloighingg so or. Blank oroposoo to my mother thotthoy go for a ride, and ooo if sho really ooulo koop still.l She sent oorﬂ to Peter to héoo a sloigh harnessed, and she left the room.togot ready. Her sister ﬁoogo went with hor,ﬁ:§E[$hor£1y appeared in the drowingoroom and told ﬁr. Blank heﬂﬂfbettor got on his coat, as the sleigh: was at tho door and his lady already io. So the young man rushoé out iﬁgw the hall, donned his fur coat, cap and gloves ond popped in booido his companion, ﬁll the young folks troopod out on the piazza to see them otort. The ooaohmon handed him.tho lines and finiohed tucking in tho robes; »’Eid shouts from.tho porch and answering ones from.the sleigh they dashed off, the bolls ringing mor- rily as they disappoorod in the moonlight. 0 "Iso‘t this o glorious night for o sloigh~rido, Eiss Elizabothﬁﬁ romorkod or. B. ﬁe ?oply. ﬁftor making several more attempts and getting Mo"ansWors hel “Uh; oomo now, thoro’ooo’t be any fun riding if you aro not going to talks I didn‘t really moan What I said, I knoo you oon koop still if you oono to, I was only fooling.“ Still his companion modo no roply.l The horse was guito a gag ono/(Juogo Ca&§ liked good horse flesh; his - 7 an I ‘i. __. * Wife and all hio¢ lﬁwooulo ride and drivo'anything)3 and kept tho young man busy trying to control it. But after a whilo he said, “ooll, if you are not going to talk we might as ooll drive home,“ Still the young lady made no answor, so after a little he turned the horse and drove boob lf iiss Cody kept oil hor lovers at onm‘s length, they never droamod of touching her, house o y or. olonk had not loiﬁ his hand on hor arm.ond bogged her 11 to ﬁargive him and speak; when he drové up in frcné cf the hangs all its inhabitants game out on tha giazza, inquiring how he had enjoyed his ridgﬁ anﬁ fcremgst among_ them was my moﬁher, Elizabeth Cayi As acon as Era Blaﬁk saw'har he gasped and turning to the lady besiﬁe him, he axclaimad, “Far haavenis sake; Wiﬁh whom.have I been ridiﬁg: Julia Jones?” a gﬁ%%» girl Wham ha thaﬁaughly daw- ﬁastad. ’ “Bring in the yeung lady; Peter; and shaw Mr. Blank wha it is,“ 1aughn inglycallad Gui Elizabath Sady. It was a feather bolster dressad up in ha? alathesi Ehe yang man wa$ SQ maé,, SQ digusted ﬁhai he mever fully §ogave my moﬁhér the joke she ylayaﬁ on him. E3 soon transfarrad his devetiens to soﬁemoae alas, WhQm.1atar he married. The news spread as far ﬁawn the Mohawk Vallay as Sghanactady and when he gﬁt back he collega, the ﬁoys would say5 “So yam Wenﬁ sleighing with a bolster up in Johnsﬁown, Slamk, dié yea enjoy your ri&e?“ ﬂy Kwﬁher, I have been ﬁeld, was a very beautiful yvung wnmaag Ska wag brilliani in cenveraatien, sang and played wall on the pianc and guiiar, was a graceful danger, one whose society was aiways scughts aha had me and 9f admirw ers,'was a fearless hcrsewwow 1, coulé laap any fence or,jum@ any éitch. Euﬁj she had 3 sericus side to her naﬁuras she was an omniveréus reaé E, af staaéaré Eeaks, ever éelving into social questiéns and trying ta solve knotty prmblemsa Sh8‘W&S particularly fond ofarguing with learnadzmen. In diacuasion she aiways kept her temper, was quick to parceive and.to take aﬁvanﬁage sf 3 1@0p*hQ183 or a flaw in an Qppcnent’s argumant, and she was blessed Wiﬁh a kean sensa of humara 311 my grs¢&mother*s daughters were well trained in hausa§§}é ﬂuties, and; natwithstanding there were many'sarvan%s in the house§ aash§¢¢h%Ww%r“Was obliged Q V~..._ to spend a certain lengﬁh of time every day attending ta her special task. 12 Gorrit Smith . Elizabeth Cady was brought up in tho midst of the most oonoorvativo; sooﬁarian surroundings; How she became so liberal, along so many lines, has always been an interesting study to mo; one of iho poiont influences in the life of this wideuawako young Womn was her oogstant visiting at the home of her cousing Gorrit Smith, the aboliw tionist, at Potefboro, New York. His daughter Elizabeth anﬂ my mother formed a strong friendship that lastoé all thoir 1iVBSa Grandfothor did not altogether approve of these visits; ”5udgo Cody ad» mired his brilliant nophoo'and appreciated his sterling oharaoiorg but ovary fibre of his being rovoltod against the aovanood opinions of Gorrit Smith. However, the two families were so knitted togothor by relationship and sinooro friendship ﬁhat a rupturowas absolutely impossible, so Elizabeth Cady osoapod oonstantly from the religious austerity of her homo into the swootor3 froor at» mospher of the ?etorboro household," wvitoo my sister, Harriot Stanton Blatoh. “Tho Potooboro house was spacious, and always full of choice society", Writes my mother; "hero you met scholars, philosophers, philanthoopigts, judges; bis~ hops, artists, musicians, and statomon. \ ........ There novor'wao such an atmosphoﬁoof peace, freedom ano good cheer, nor were there over two such hosts as Cousin Nancy and Cousin Gorrit.” There were tins when anﬁi-slavery was tho all~absorbing EOpi3a Through the portals of the home at Poterboro stopped Wendell Phillips; ﬁilliam Lloyﬂ Garm rison, Horace Greeley, Frederick Douglass, and John Brown} As it was one of the stations on the “Under Ground Railway", the outnbuildings often harbored runaway slaves, resting for a day or so till Mr. Smith was able to convey thomby oar- riago, or sleigh, safely to Canaéa, Where, the moment they stopped foot on English soil, freodom.awaitod thom. My mother saw and oonvorsed with those runaway slaves and heard from.thoir own lips the tales of their tortures; Thus it was that she early became interested in the sad lot of that much abused race; Every possible phase of political and social life come up for discussion at Peterfboro, and as those who did thetalking,were the leaers of thought of that day you can readily judge of the influence all this had on the open mind of my mother. . . , , Henry Brewster Stanton It was at Peten¥boro that Elizabeth Cady first met Henry Brewster Stentonﬁ _ re a direct descendant of Elder’ﬁi1liam,BreWster, who came over in the Mayflower, Mr. Stanton‘wae then considered the most eloquent aod impassioned orator on the anti-slavery pletforme eHe was a finemlooking man, ten years ow mother‘e senior» Elizabeth Cady had a passion for oratory, who unuotal powers and earnest» mess of Mr. Stanton soon made a deep impression upon her. Carriegewloads of ladies and gentlemen drove off every morning to dttend the anti~s1avery meetings that were being hold all over Eadison Gounty. The enthuoiesm.of the people in these great gatherings, the thrilling oratory, were experiences never to be forgotten. My mother says in her autobiography,- "I became deeply interested in anti~s1avory and temperance questions; saeeoeseee I felt a new inspiration in life, and was enthused with new ideas of individual rights; for the anti-slavery platform was the best sooool the American poopie ever had in which tolemmoteepublioan prinoioles of government." Her‘ﬁedding Journqyg I The result of that meeting in Peterboro in Ootoben,1839,'Wao a wedding in Johnotown, N. Ye; im.May, 1840. Judge and ﬁrs. Cody oppoeed.th9tmarriagé Ld of their :w@5%ﬁ{“ fdaughter to "a radical“; but the young P90P19 were Obduratga 14 and a'wedding trip follcwed ts tha'§br1d’s Antiwslavery Convention heﬁd in Lcnden, England; in June, 1840; My father was Secretary ef the Convantion; as well as one of ths delagates fr¢m;£he United States‘ E333 Amsriéan*wmmen had also been sent as delegates, but on account of English prajudisasg based on asriptural texts; thay-were net permitteﬁ to take ﬁhair seats an tha flocrg so had ta sit in the galleries and look on ignomigfuslyi There were many ringing appeals made in that greai hall $0 seat tha Woman 1 delegatas from.th@ United States; My father; I aﬂzprcué £0 say, made an impassionm ’ ed speech in their favor, William Lloyd Garrison %i11iamKL10yd Garrison, the knowledge of Whose eloquence was wcrldwwideg and whQm.a11 England had be@n.anxieus to hear; was so indignant at the insult to his counirywemen that he refused to take his saai an the flaer, and sat silent in tirza §~‘§a.1.1ef3? ‘z»*«z'i‘t;h. the ”¥HC}31'L*?31T'1a ~ /7/5‘/7 ‘‘‘’7/(/’'‘‘ , M/%% Z“‘“;,‘Z f 3&4 7 / &/Z:-L/-:1 /9/éjisaniel O‘Conne11 Daniel O‘C0nnel1$ the great Irish oratcrg made his first agpearanca aﬁ the world‘s Coneniioné a few days after the women delegates had beeﬁ rejected. He paid a beautiful tribuﬁa to wamam and saiﬂ ﬁhat if he had been presanﬁ an the opening day he wmulé have spaken in her f&VQfa‘ Gssaecuaoosaatasoaesma we can) i‘ I 1: 5 o st :1 2 t 85 m ‘Piciure af 99 Lucreﬁia Mﬁﬁt : «: 9G!'DlQ'U!*ItﬁCQI!I<IOOC~1ﬂ!Q*3 - 4. \ ' '~,'i.’.f~‘: V H ‘\ ﬂ’ ' . ,g,;l,§»s."'” 15 Lueretieemeei These scenes all made e etreng impression on ehe heppy young brideg Eliz- abeth Ceey Stanton; One ether experience meée this cenventicnmemereble ﬁe my meeher. Threughouﬁ its sessions ehe set in the gallery next to Leeretie mﬁﬁt§ the distinguished Quaker yreeeher free ?hiledelphie; she end Ere“ eeee became well eequehted. eﬁother afterward ereee oﬁ her: “She was is me an entirely nee revelem tiem.of Wﬁmﬁﬂhﬁgdascseseasacstcal shell never cease te be grateful fer ﬁhe pet» ieeee eed seeming pleeeure with ehieh she fed my huegering Sﬁﬂlasssseeeseseseaea Eben I first heerd frem.her lips that I had the eeme right he ehine fer myself that Luther} ﬁelvie end Jeen Knox bed; end the eeme right he be guideda by my Gen eenvietione; I felt e eeewbern sense of dignity ewe freedeen“ These ewe ﬂiew cussed the grebleme of life fer the eomen cf thee egg, and decided} en their re~ tureﬂee emerieeg he eell e eonventien with the ebjeet “ef deeiing eéequetely eith the rights cf eomen". This meeting did et take piece, heeeverg till 1848» ey perente trevelled all overﬁngleedg Ire1end5*Sce£1end end§ be eeme ex~ teeiﬁ Freeeeg and feihee spake in all the large citiee ef the British :S1$5e On returning is her native lend; meeher,eee eekeeeeeet ehe had seen eeeeee that ieierested her meet. Her promgt reply eee, “Lucretia eeeeiﬁ While in ﬁublinﬁ Irelend, they were eeeerteineé by Daniel G‘Gonne11§ eke "Qreet $ieeriee“3 as he wee eelled. During dinner, Ere, Steeiee eeked him.if he heped ﬁe geie liberty for Ireland; “Ne”, he eeid; “but ii ie elweye geed eeliey ﬁe claim the ettermoetg and when yen will get eemethingﬁe caashesocosoaocnesavaaseoaoessn Q ‘ '3 Q 55 Q Q ,. > at A //"’""“"‘-. 5 _,;~'' .3 9; an U ‘,~~/ I W ﬁqgﬁurexcf 3 Q, . V 3 ‘1 ‘V ‘_', I... »-~‘“="_’“"' _ Q s . Eeeeegﬁezlree treln ; 1 [4, V ~..,\\‘ Q \( /1;?" ‘ ‘_ §§¥“»-3,_: C If,/"' 5 3‘ G 1* § a ﬁggggibiﬁiiﬁiftﬁﬁ~§9§O&$O!O$Q89‘ Hbmaward Bcunﬁ §hen.mothar wenﬁ in Troy to school she rode on the firsi railreaé built in ﬁhe United Statesg which rau between Schaneciady ané Albany. My parenﬁs WBm$ ﬁg Europe an a sailing vessslg But they camﬁ hemg an ﬁha first steamﬁr ﬁhat ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the iggfius” of the Cunard Lineg All threugh her evantful life she di& things ﬁhat ware beiﬁg dame for the first timai On their returnimr. and ﬁrs. Stanton wenﬁ to Jahns%awn$'where thgy ran maimed under ﬁhe parantal reaf fof twp yearsa Faihar studied law in Granéfather§s effice. Esther busiad herself reading law, historyg ad galitieal agansmyg but in 1842 all her thoughts were turned to the ﬁractical one; mf'hat ts ﬁe iﬁﬁ a baby. Sha says; “Though mwtherhsad is the mst important of all tha professions; requiring mre knawledga than any oﬁher departmsnt of human affairs, there is not sufficient attention given to the preparation for this high office.” In September, 1842, she gave birth to a fiﬂe boy, Whm was nameﬁ afiar his graméfathar5 Daniel Caiy 3tant@n. The scientifia manna? iﬂ'Whi$h she raised thaﬁ baby'wsu1d have ﬂame creﬂiﬁ he gif twentieth century mairani She said she had been ﬁhimking$ raading and absarving, ‘ad had as liitla faith in iha pgyular tﬁaarw ies sf tﬁﬁﬁé days as regarés babies as she baa an m&ﬁy othar subjgaﬁsy 03% ry sf ligﬁt illuminated the darkness about her, “It was a hawk by gndraw Qcmbafgn la” 3‘? famayg sha“Wriiaa, She Proved Ber Th0?i%S g ﬁaulﬂ that I had tims and spasa to tell in daiail haw she ﬁraimed her hursag her husbamdg her parenﬁgg evén the d0ct9r§ as $3 haw ha? baby was ta ha iﬁaatadg when mast of them.ha& been tha parents Qf num@?aus ahildramg Sui aha carried the day; and har‘h@a1thy3 bauﬁcing baby convinced tham.£ha$ her thcrigs mmat be right, as he never ariad, slept a gﬁad Shara of the tima, and; baing givw ” an planﬁy af fresh air amd‘water to drink, being wmrsed reguzarky by tha_o1cek3 17 -’ gégi,/é;44Lqnm%%¢2e~ua.Zé%vu¢¢A4ij:Z;;4»» M__ . ¢ M A.‘ a-.« V ‘N 1- wt; aw ’ -3‘ «-1 ‘ _‘}={»‘‘ '-._.'’7 .'.._g‘ "'3: *3 _, 1 _ h@4 wag never 111* E9 ﬁl§§t &1mn@ mg a raam by ﬁ1maa;$:‘ Egbuﬁf sa$u all ac? .% ;% , 8 ,, - _ ¢= mm ..,V;g . ~= *; 2 ~ : , ﬁn I * . ~ $ -+ [ w “’w §ead&n& ﬁi hhls blﬂm G6ﬂmﬁT$d an pay$1a¢0g§; dgat and nyglaneﬁ anﬁ aha“ she cam t tha Qonalusian that babies ; s}% vied uwless somgthing wag ﬁha mattﬁr thaﬁ "7 *3 gauld be remediaﬁ§ Eémaa sha wa child cry withaut faaling haunﬁ ta flﬁﬂ J. R-4 » at “e‘-"* 2 c ‘i , .9» " 1* sub whaﬂ ma; baa cauaﬁg I %e? in life she lecﬁurad far aight mmnéhs af avary‘y@a?3 far twalva X‘ 25* Q'"‘§"‘ "'5"? 5 ’~ —‘ us": ‘ ‘“‘ *"“:§Vé.' .‘ ’ 1" ’ ﬁ ‘ 3‘ -9 . 4, " 1' ‘-3 ygayg§ frgm,m&1m$ as Ca1ifgrnma3 fr$m.k;aaasa%a ta Texas; On thasa axtgnazvg traps h 1Fﬁ A‘ ” av 'ﬁ”“ W%%‘ rv‘n “whims aﬁd i@na?a@t n9%@ﬂ%q Qwd %“?%%v “ai Siaa ‘x.1.£a33E§Z‘1.i:‘J§.1.“J‘e3S E5; 41.. us’-.1 Q {I 1 :3 /L .*...z‘ 5 .-..:. V ‘3 . "' ~ *‘ * «N» J‘ - «-’$« 5 ‘—»~“¥>»3~ «a- G‘? and» *5 in $9 savan sauﬂd shildraﬂ sf her awn she felt she aauld sp@ak‘vi%h authmriiya An Imgragsiva ﬂbjacﬁ Lassen . .... Jae ._ Gm ana aocasian, a'wh01a car full of peo§1s'was pn tenﬁerhmeks fram thg graisngad 3?yiﬂg_Q§ a b&%y, As maths? enﬁarad éha car anﬁ task he? seaﬁg sha hearﬁ its pit@0us'Wai1s, SQ she want fcrward and askea the‘waary5 ysumg mgthar if sha might taka ii; The b&%y raadi1y"wanﬁ ta % marg and wa1king‘With ii ta ihe anﬁ sf tha car she tagk har ymakat drinkiag qlass from.iﬁ3 saga; ringimg 1%, gig ﬁraiaﬁi ii af avery ﬁyay. Sas”ag him 35 ihirsiyg mgthar gag the liﬁiia fgi aw ‘Y s samﬁ mﬁrﬂﬁ iheng smiling mg7%§ he? face, Ea laiﬁ hia ¢@ad 0n.her b?§a$%«an&‘wamt poi’ "‘f” . Q‘ ~ . .7,-4 -“=;"‘:' > 1"‘ "‘,“‘,‘~. g ’s,. pt. -3- ~u-« -v ' .. . faaw as;ae§ lmﬁuﬂﬁuﬁy; ﬂfu§T aghzls gha saturnmd is whara the babylg maramis waragm is th@ chiig gﬁill sleyt an paaaafuilya I!” 3“ 3? , . - .,.,.- '? _, ., ‘H! . ‘~‘~. ,. ‘ ,— A Yam S%a3.mada&ﬁ‘; said %ﬂh%ﬂ?§ all ia@ Erb§‘ﬁ§3d§ﬂ‘W%3 a drink @§‘waie:&“ Y?‘-:'~:1:“ 15 age ~ 1 ‘ “Y _' F .,,‘x, 6. V, g , . , V . at 5. g 3 awﬁggw axclazmad tha woman} why, ha 3 nava? had a drink mf Waiar mm hlﬁ lifai“ it A _ '_ _ W. r V N H .. .w._ h N w_ V, , , Euﬂgi you glVﬁ3ﬁMn¢§h§§l@ﬁ and Eibtmﬁg waﬁar?“ Mmﬁhar znqmgraﬂs fir”. 1 ’ «,3 . ‘E « ;-,~-. #9 r,«;‘ -r 9». Uﬁﬁ gas; cgitaxﬁg, was 0&3 «nswar. “Haw aid ia geurboy?" mcthar askad. 18 "One year last Tuesday". Wﬁhat have yam been giving him to drink when he was thirsty?" ﬂnﬁ t0 he? hG?FGF she received this &ﬂSWG?a "Tea? coffee er milk, and when he crias very har&, we put a few drops cf whiskeygor soothing syrup; in the mil&;§ So methar sat down opposite thése ignorant young paremts and gave them a simple talk em hygiene, disk, dress, digestion, physiolegy, ha impertance above all things of giving children glenty of water ta ﬁring. ézﬂkzihig tims ﬁhg baby lay on.m@ther’s lap sweetly sleeping; she had thrgwn a light shawl over the chilé. Tha §e0ple in the car gathereﬁ araund, samﬁ standing am the seats ta listen. Hang of the man asked questicns, ta carry heme the informaticn to their wives, as they said, they also, haé babies that criaﬁ incessanély. The years after the birih of hér 1fir3t son.Were very full aﬁﬁ busy ones. In lﬁéﬁ my parenﬁs mpved to Boston, Mass., where my father began.thapractiee cf lawg as a parimer of Ruus Chcate. There mother mat Lydia.ﬁaria{Chi1é, Elizabeth Peab¢dy3 Thaodare Parker, Ralph Ealdo Emerson, Charles Sumner; Jehn G."Whittier, Bronsen &lcoit§ ﬁathaniel Hawihorne, and many ether litarary pegple and reformerag She ané father were frequent viaitmfs at the h0mﬂs0f §ande1l Phillips and ﬁilliaz Lleyﬁ Garrisana ﬂhila in BOStGmﬁ mother attended all the lecﬁures, churehas, cencertsg theatrés, temperanceﬁ paace, prisan~ref¢rm.and antinslavery oonvantions that mgt in the city; She says:"I never lived in such an enthusiastiaally litarary and ram fmﬁm latiiuﬂa befare. my mantal powers wera kept at the highast tansimn." Th0se'wMre stirring times in which my paranis lived, BostQm‘Wag the stgym cenire of many of the big movements of that day» The great antiagggvgr mgatingg 19 in Fanuail Hall rmakad Basion to its very founﬁatisn. They were cften dis» turbed by huge mgbs that woulﬂ held the most gifted orator at bay hmur after hear. These an the §latform‘were pelted with rattan eggs: cabbagasg and even brickbatsi During this parioé of her life in Bosﬁon my mother alga visited Brook Farm, gpandigg Emu d&ys thera, and saw that cammunity ﬁxyarimant at its heigﬁll " -_ ‘:9 ~,,.», «7 - A ’ 3 _.‘ .v.s“_z,"-9, , .« Yark Sun§‘Waited an ﬁablg. Thus through her earlv vears’was the bent of this breaﬁminded thmuvhtn 2.3 u 21 3 «.3 ful yaung wnman made firm; the foﬁndation stones were Wall laid amang “*l native hills, and nsw she began ﬁg build tha supafsﬁruature thereon. ﬁrs. Stanton as a Housekeeper- *?‘f"" my grandfather had given maihar a fine, naw heuse, baautifully farm nimhed, on the hills of Shelsea, overlooking Beaten Harbaur. She says; "ﬁhen firsi installed as mistress avg? an gstablishmant, one has the ﬁama faaling of pride and satisfaction thai a young ministar must have in ﬂaking charge ‘-3 5 *.-”:§1I’§3. {:9 w £3 cf ﬁis first eaugregationg s.... It is a praud mmmant in a woman’$ life i suprams wﬁthin four walls. ..... I gtuﬁiad my everything yextaining ta hou$a~ kaapingl ..... I had all ihe mast ap§roved cook~book5, aud spent much sf my , lg . '= M V . ‘l " ' ‘:7 ,M«(. timg picklingfand exyeriménting on.n9w‘&ishes. I felt the same ambiiion ta _% axeell in all ﬁepartments sf ﬁhe culinary art that I did at schcal la iﬁa ﬁifferent .ranehes cf laa?ming. seats I put my whole Saul imts everything and enjoyad it.“ my mnther was a famous housakeeper and cook; though she always kept several household employaes, thera'was nothing she herself could not dc. Her house was always in ﬁerfecﬁ orﬂer frem garret to cellar, her back dear as —.u.vz‘-‘v=—’(¢’ 20 ha? front door. Eu 1845 Judge ani ﬁrs. Gady mmvad to ﬂlbany fer a faw years ta as~ tablish twn of their senswinwlaw in the legal yrsfassian ihare, S0 ﬁhﬁ J Qapiﬁal 9f the Stata gﬁﬁﬁmg the family rallying paint far same time. G@verncr‘¥illiam H, Seward « ﬁrs. ﬁﬁaniam made several visits ta £1bany during thig period, and ﬁhus‘was able ta take anzzative part imthe discuaaien cf t&a Earriad ﬁomangs Pramerty Bi11§ the V;-3 - mending in the Legislatures Ths bill haé bean introﬁugad in 183* it did mat pasﬁg hewaver; Wniil 1848. ﬁi1liam‘H. Sew&rd'was Govarnor - 3 9- _ ’ ’ ’ “ “’ ﬁgriﬂg §art gf this tima; he appravad of the bill; anﬁ hi; Wlfﬁﬁ a wvman of b o A 0 w‘ . if n» V E3 N‘; “ = , rt ‘*1 3 2“- rare lmtalllganae, advacatad 1t warmly. logawhar , ﬁrs. Stanton ﬂT;t$§§ “ﬁrs. Seward and I had the epgartunity of talking abeuﬁ tha bill with many membars3 bath cf the Senate and ﬁssembly, in S0ci@iy§ as wail as in smmittas raams.” Gmvarner amﬁ Mrs. Sewar&‘s friendship far my mather laatad t0 the and 9; uhair £335, and thay'were freguant visitars at aaah 0£har’a hamasg §il1ia3:£. Sewarﬂ was afﬁerward Secretary Sf Staﬁﬁ in ?ra$i&ent Lina01n‘s Gahinaﬁa %Mr3. Stan%on‘$ saemné son Henry was barn im Albany in 1843, during one cf hay visits taera, ﬁunéar mare favarabla auspices than w§'first ﬁarnﬁ she; writes, “as them I ts dc 1:zr:i.i:.E’; sza. bsa.z:y.*‘ imzi. }—mx¥ 33.§.z*d son, C;~erz*i*%; gm-2,33 3ﬁﬂHt0n,“W&S born im 1845 at Che1aea¢ H533. under the ahadaw cf Bunkér Eill mmnumanta Sha:musﬁ have been a very bay wammn wiih thmeé bays iﬁ Pan? years; she nursad all her b&hies3 and; though she always had nurses; ska did man .31‘ ._‘i things hewsalf for her children, She was a meat devotaé mmthar; she sang and plryad for us on bath yiano anﬁ guitar; anﬁ tald uswandarful stories. She 21 cculd racita poeﬁry by the page; often thesa recitations were fram tha Odes of Hsrace, 0? the Eclsguas of Virgil, she nevar forgeﬁ her Latin er Greek. I hava often seen her, at the twilight hour ih her ald age; surraunded by a bevy of children listeninv s§el1b0und't0 her thrilling tales. -; ”‘5?%l£* * il57” 51 ? Lif@ at Seneaa Fallso lflha sevaritv of the Naw‘England climaie provad toe rigcraus for my father’s ~ he&lth; sa this stimulating; intellectual and sccial lifal and his brilliant legal start, all had to he given up; and in the Spring of 1847 my parents mgved to Seneca Falls, ﬁew*?ark. Father’s haalth improved greatly; hey spant sixteen years of their married life in that littla village; and the?e their ' :¢..s;;\,l~—m . qﬁéﬁf four ohilﬂren'war9 born. t A 7 %§%w¢i¢ Grandfaﬁher had given mmther a large, ol§~£ashionadR§ame in Seneca Falls, also a farm near the town. On her way to the new home she stapped in“ Johns» town to visit her parents, and left her nurse and three boys there While she . want on.to Seneca Falls alone to put tha house in hahitablg condition. Father had been called to New'Y0rk ﬂity on important business. Ebther’s eldast sister, ﬁrs. Edward Bayard; had lived in ﬁhat villagé sevaral years before, and as ELih@F had oftéa Viaiteﬂ her, she was already acquainted‘With many of the tawnspeapleg I At parking Grandfather gave his daughﬁer & gooﬁly sized check and said with a kiss anﬂ a smile, “You believe in woman‘s capacity £0 dc and dare; 35W Q? ahead and_show us what you can do'With that hause.“ She started off quite hagpy at thafhcﬁght of the rasbansibility cf repairing a hause and puﬁtimg all things in arder. Tha ylaca had bean clmsad for several yearsﬁ and needed extensive repairs; anﬁ the grounds, compriaing several acres, were overgrawn with weeds, and the trees, hedges and shruba sadly neglected. %y'mpther writes in her autobiography: “tit %mi@ute survay of the _ ‘ ‘Y ‘,.3§ﬂij_,*,, - 3 praises anﬁ due consultatian with sevewal sons 0 '4 v‘: :'~*':'t~~ ’ ’ painters, paperwhangers, and garﬂeners to work; built a fine haw kitahana wpod~hause and several perches and in six'waaks took passassianiﬁ my mather possessed a great ﬁeal cf axacutive atility and astanishad every ate at wtat she aécomglished in S0 shart 3 time; She told me maay amusing taies of sitting on kegs cf nails and disw cussiag the tapics ef the day with samé of the leading Judgas and lawyers of the tswng who draypad in to adviae her, while the workman were pounding and hammering about themJ In Seneca ?a11s my mother found life decidedly sclitarg and even depressing. In Beaten all her immediate friends were thinkers and refarmars, amang tham.the chief figures of that ﬁay. There she had a new hcuse‘ith all tthe mmdern conveniences, well-trained sarvants, near and delightful neighbors. Eéra the home was remote, built at the edge of a cauntry village: The h0usa~ hold employees were inferior. ’She had an increasing number of children, anﬁ 1 fathar was frequantky abliged to be away frat hama on outiness. §hi1e‘we lived in Seneca Fallg he was a member cf the ﬂew York Legislature. Ebthar sums it all uy grayhically in the fol10wing‘wor&s; *Ta kaap a larga hause .and many acres of grauné in orderg purchase evaryzartinla fer daily use? Keep the wardrobea cf half a dozen human beings in proper trimﬁ take children ta dentiﬁts, shoemakers; day and dancing schools, and tc find teachers for home study,- altogether made sufficient work to keep one brain busy, as Well as all the hands I couié press into service. .fhen, tca; the novelty 0f housekeeping had gasseﬂ away, and much that was ance attractive in dgmggﬁig life was now i?ksom.. I had so many cares that the oompant I neaaeé for in~ tellectual stimu1us‘as a trial rather than a pleasure.“ Before this, my mother's life had glided by¥with ccmparative ease, Aﬁith her hameepathie book and bag sf buﬁ new ﬁhe real struggle of existence was ugen her; Her &utias'wer9 two numerousg an&§ “None”, she sayss “sufficiently exhilaraﬁing £0 bring inte play my higher faculties; hamaa 1 auffereé from.m@nﬁm1 hunger. I naw fully underw steed the practiaal difficultias East wcmsn have to eanﬁand‘with in the isolated hemsehsld, ﬂﬁw i%e impossibilitr cf wamangs besi davelopment if in centact, the chief part of her life, with servanﬁs and children“, i§~£4§§ﬁi-¥’O§§94E°I5§4Q$$§O§%$'9G$Oﬂ‘NB " at “’ 1' 3 : C ’ 9 S 9 1., E 0' ‘ ‘ 9 " ~ 3 \E>"§x;> ‘met’ * z \\ u 5 “‘- 5 “ .‘ 9 : 1 A I is . - ..-=-. ~ - -:=.~.‘- new E aad ﬂmf Qgm Olu3Sb ~ 9 3 ‘ 3 Q t 7-‘ ‘re 1* . ' . ‘agﬁv ' 3' 0 S (‘I V * 3 3 5 $ Q I 8 ’ 2 1 I 3 OOG0i§§0®OO!it>Cl=5352?!-ﬁtﬁﬂifi$- Mrse Stanton and twe 3? her bavs ffsm an old dayuerrect G _ ta 3' x,.ZT' Near Our h0me'w&s an Irish setiiament frcxzwﬁish came constant commlaints E‘ "§' 1 . 5*’ «rm $ .~m— A ,, -..v ‘ .y, 4, ‘a F‘ ‘ I ‘ 5 ‘ I‘ . th&u krsﬁ §EdﬁtGn 3 bays were thlawzmg stauag mi their “pigs anﬁ reefs”; 38 successful was my mmﬁher in bar diplemaﬁic adjustnanﬁ of affairs, thaﬁ S18 S90? 1 0',‘ ‘‘t_ ' ‘. 1 - ‘ , N, 2 3‘ mecgms the umpire of the nexghborhood. bhe lent boogs anﬁ payers ta tﬁ@’WG§ﬂ ﬁﬁﬁ mﬂﬁi invited the chiléram inta her beautiful grcunds ta pl“y‘wiﬁh her hg;g ‘ "' ‘L "75" ' ‘”"’ W ‘ 1?‘ tn A ’ 1» u »- n. . » and angog uhﬁ Eﬂlugm, p&Pmll@1 mﬁd hC?l£Qﬁi&1 bags: the trageza aﬁd laﬁﬁergﬁ ymdicines, she tenﬁed thg sick and mgnistgrad is tha wmmen im the nangs of mate?nitv§ ti‘? she Qagﬁﬁw Qn%f§ an exmﬁri if thﬂi J. ~ E . as -. _ .e=‘m.:... -4» J‘- ,,,,., 1- ,~ ~ 1" 4 ‘L d“ C l XX’) #55- branch 9? the mgdical prafessien. She imugzé them.haw to take intelligent cara cf their babias and children. She was lookad ugan by all her naighbars as their beat friend anﬁ adviseﬁ, anﬁ thera'was noﬁhing they wou1& moi ﬁe for ha? in return. Emerson says a hsalthy discontent is the first step in progress; my mgther says, “The general discontent, which I now‘felt,with woman‘s partian aa wife; mother} hou$ekeeper3 sgiritual guide, the weariﬁﬁ, anxious look of tha majayity of wemen, all impressed mg with the feeling that some aotiva maaaureﬁ must %a ‘ﬁaken to ramedy the‘Wrongs of society in general and GE woman in particular, ﬁy experiamme at the'ﬁor1d’s £ﬁti~S1avery Gcnvantian in Lemdanj all I had ra&d of ihe lagal status of women in my faiher‘s law books, ané ﬁhe cpprassian af wnmgn I saw everywhere swept across yg*smul, intensifieﬂ nww by Hg'mﬁny personal exw‘ periencés. it seemgd as if all the eleménts had conspireﬂ to impel me te same ﬂﬂwayﬁ Sggg, 1 ggulﬁ net sge‘wh&t to de or where to begin, ~ my only thought was 3 public meating for protest and discussion.” In this perturbed sﬁate of mind, mother received an inviﬁatimn to yo my ta '%aterlo0, the naxt tawn, and spanﬁ he day at the home cf her friends, the Eunﬁs, ﬁe see Lucﬁetia ﬁatt, wha was there on a visii. Ehey haé invited a party of their z— Quaker acquaintances, all earnest, married women, ta meat 4! - ﬁrs. Matt and ﬁrs‘ Stamioa. §y?hé%her was so full of the spirit wf discmntent, and sﬁa poured it autwith such vahamenca anﬂ eloquanca, that she stirrea herself and all her hearers, as she says, “Te de and dare anythingi" like First ﬁcman’s Rights ﬁenventien 0 They deciéed to holé a ”%bman's Eights Convention”. They wrote the call ﬂ A that afterncon and had it printed in ihe Seneca Gsunév Courier an July 14, l8é8. if . , H‘ 5.. 9 Q rs ,, _* I - ‘,3 Q a w I K The c&11 was 1bgued‘w1th0ut slgnaﬁures, mt was merely an announcement that a r . f 9 ‘ . 5 ‘Hr » _ I ‘. , Jonah s Rzghts Conventlon would be held on July 19, and £0, lﬂ Seneca Falls. The chief mnvers were Elizabeth Cadv Stant on of Seneca Falls, Lucretia Matt of Philadelphia, %ary'enn ﬁcC1intock and Jane Hunt of Waterloo, and Martha C. T E dright of iuburn. The last mentioned ledy*eee the sister of ﬁrs. ﬂott, and the grandmother of Themes ﬁott Osborne, the famous exdwerden of Sing Sing Prison, who thus comes naturally by his reform proclivities. , .. The Convention was held in the~” Church in Seneca Falls. It ees a great success, the place ees crowded at every meeting, both men end women spoke. James Eott, Lucretia's handsome husband, presided. Someone sage of it: “A religious earnestness dignified all the proceedings”. M 4'c«¢,é"4..:;z/a 3 * ~ -in 'L.«.~.- ~ »~~vr~ —+‘:a’"’ " . “ ‘ - ‘ Of that first ConventionZme»eeeeee dig in her eutcbiogzephy, Eighty Years and More“, "These eere the hasty, initiative steps of the moet;momentoue refornz that hee yet been leunchede in this world, the first organized protest against the injustice which has brooded for ages over the oherecter and destiny of one- helf the race.” But mother fails to tell, in her book, one incident that I think most significant, and which I have often heard her relete; "It shows how far ahead she eee of her times and how clearly she see into the future. She asked Frederick Douglass, the great colored orator, who had oome down from.Rooheeter to ettend the Ccnventicn,°what it ees that his people, the slaves on the southern p1ente~ tions§ needeaﬁtp out them.on the right plane. "The ballot”, he promptly replied. “And I see that is exactly ehat we Women need“, said Mrs. Stanton. Then she explained d" T to him.thet she had drawn up a resolution, tetdshe intended to present to the »%“"'5"5;3 ‘ Convention, and he must immediately jump to his feet and make e speech in favor of its passage, and then she would do likewise. The resolution reed: “Resolved, That it is the duty of the eomen of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right of the elective franchise.” “éﬂ-Q i,/¢¢¢,{;§::’,¢¢ ii; ey mother told Er. Douglees that in the conﬁerences they had been holding before the Convention, ehen she had maintained that the ballot in the hands of eomen'ees the keynote to the situation, Lucretia ﬁott had exclaimed: ”Oh3,Lizzie, 26 if thee demands that, thee will make us ridiculousi ﬁe must go slcwly.“ And my father, aha usually stood by my mother in all she did and saiﬁ3 and aha disc spoke and‘ﬁorked for the cause of wnman,'was so amazed at her .9‘ daring,'when she confiéad ta him what she intended doing,and sp distressed that she would not listen to his advice, that he left tqwn and dié not attend any of ths'meetings3 But mother felt she was right, and nething anyoae saié coulﬁ turn.her from.her path. Thenﬁ tee, she remsghered the advice given her by Daniel O3C0nnel1 years bafore in Ireland: “Always ask for the uttermpst; than you may get semethingi” Of course those on the platformywere furious at her for springing her reseluticn on the ﬁonventiont it created hot debate, but the brilliant éefeﬂse, of Bouglass and her own elcquence and logic so roused the audience that many arese and spoke for her side; and after a two hours’ tussle it was carried. v ﬂ’ ' 4 ﬂ 4') /~',’ /' u r éﬂemand fram the first was those three . 40 So that Elizabath Cady Stant0n's 1/’? 05/ little worés ~ "VotesJfor Womami“ Susan B. ﬁnthony was not present at that first ﬁonventiens she did met some inte the mavemant until three years later, in lﬂﬁlu Show less

Whereas by Mutual agreement between Oliver L. Phelps of Canandaigua County of Ontario & State of New York and Jonathan Barlow of …County of Hampshire once State of Massachusetts it is agreed that a …..given this day by said .. as his & administration of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps Esq. late of Canandaigua always shall be .. with Capt. Jasper Parrish of said Canandaigua to him held, or delivered as in hereafter stated It is … the understanding that paid change is to be final and... Show moreWhereas by Mutual agreement between Oliver L. Phelps of Canandaigua County of Ontario & State of New York and Jonathan Barlow of …County of Hampshire once State of Massachusetts it is agreed that a …..given this day by said .. as his & administration of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps Esq. late of Canandaigua always shall be .. with Capt. Jasper Parrish of said Canandaigua to him held, or delivered as in hereafter stated It is … the understanding that paid change is to be final and conclusion as to any claim of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps d… against said Jonathan Barlow but as this this an others .. whom it is thought may be able to pay this proportion of said Bond,it is agree that said Jonathan Barlow shall not have the benefits of said … to .. against the Estate of said Phelps or in favor of the other …, but that in .. he should be found on any of the Bond aforesaid and be able to .. and .. then the said Parish on having proper nation of the same shall be authorized to deliver said … to John Barlow- said Barlow further agrees that before he applies for said d.. he will notify said Phelps of the same, and if in any .. then may be instructed, against him in which he may be liable for cost or damages said phelps will give sufficient indemnity for such liability and it may be .. for said Phelps to make up of the name of said Barlow, then in that .. the .. shall not … to relieve the other .. from this … Signed in presents of Jasper Parrish Oliver L. Phelps J[?] Barlow Show less

Creator

Barnes-Sellers, Lucy

Date

March 17, 1872

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Vassar College. March 17. 1872. My dear Parents) Daily hare I look for a letter from you in answer to my inquiries about going home, but have been thus far disappointed, however by this time next week 1 suppose all matters will be settled and X w£U be in great excitement, with the hopes of starting for 3300 the following Wednesday. And when X get there I have some thing to ask you which X could not think of putting on paper for X dont think X can write with nearly so much effect. This last... Show moreVassar College. March 17. 1872. My dear Parents) Daily hare I look for a letter from you in answer to my inquiries about going home, but have been thus far disappointed, however by this time next week 1 suppose all matters will be settled and X w£U be in great excitement, with the hopes of starting for 3300 the following Wednesday. And when X get there I have some thing to ask you which X could not think of putting on paper for X dont think X can write with nearly so much effect. This last word puts me in mind of an Essay X wrote yesterday and which as been distressing me for the longest while, (vis) What kind of prose composition has the most effect upon man kind fc Why. X took fiction because most read- I dont know how this will coincide with your ideas upon the subject. On Friday evening of this week as we had a lecture from Mr. Parsons - on Michael Angelo, Chapter Beta would not be able to give her long looked for "swell" Opera of "The Doctor of Alcanlaia" (which if youremember we heard at the 7*^ Street Theatre by Mr Ghilehirst and Bishop he) To this Chapter asked the Sophomore if they would be will- ing to have a Candy pull in the Steward's Department the next night instead of their usual sociable so that the wonderful opera might have the Kail This the Sophs- agreed upon and so Zeta flourished never was the Hall so full in fact packed. I sat about in the middle of the room Mar. 17, 1872 - 2 and so tightly packad that I could hardly stir- when Liaxie asked me how X should feel If there should be a fire imagine my comfort. All the Invited guests and not the admitted without theirtickets- All the ; ; J u ; , , i i ' ■ , . , ;'. ' I , ' , 1 ; , profs, every teacher together with the Pres fc lady prin- were present. The principal performers were greatly applauded and were showed with tit } , ',' .' t ' ■ t 1 i flowers from the audience — This Opera- cannot not be compared • ' * i < ; I l ' . ' J " v 1 ■ ' , i I ' with our Drama The Lady of Lyons - being so entirely different Neither could they have been visa versa for Beta has the Singers and Alpha - excels in dramatic tallent.—— Do tell Aunt Pattie for me that X Intended writing to her to day but find it now impossible so that X will have the pleasure of seeing her before my next letter With lov~ to all believe me Aff- Daughter Lucy Lucy (Sellers) Barnes, '75March 17th, 1872 Lucy Sellers Re an Essay on what kind of prose has the greatest effect on mankind Show less

Vassar College April. Dear Papa, I have a few minutes before chapel, so I guess I will start a letter. The minister this morning is to be Dr Vance from the Dutch Reform church in Newark, so not that where Aunt Maggie used to go? [Is not?] it funny they are all coming East, where are they going to live and is Harold going to live with them? I went to dinner with his Bailey girl again the other day. She is queer looking, but lots of fun. Monday night I took dinner with Elizabeth Halden. Every... Show moreVassar College April. Dear Papa, I have a few minutes before chapel, so I guess I will start a letter. The minister this morning is to be Dr Vance from the Dutch Reform church in Newark, so not that where Aunt Maggie used to go? [Is not?] it funny they are all coming East, where are they going to live and is Harold going to live with them? I went to dinner with his Bailey girl again the other day. She is queer looking, but lots of fun. Monday night I took dinner with Elizabeth Halden. Every night before chapel now the girls get together and sing. That night the juniors first sang on the steps of Strong and then when they began to march to chapel, four or Dear Papa, - It is almost time to go to bed, but I guess I will have to write to you. Our lessons have really begun now, that is we have been to all our classes, but we can’t do much work until our books come. Please don’t think I am crazy if I ask for your old Latin dictionary, but all the girls have big ones and I thought Mama could put it in the hamper when she sends it up. They say the old ones are nicer than the new, because they give more idioms. Please tell Mamma to put my old blue bed spread and my blue curtains in the hamper too. I want to put the curtains over the trunk. Then if either you or Mamma will look in my book-case, in the top left-hand shelf, you will find my “Minna von Barnheim”, I think it is by [Lessing?]. It seems that we have got to read it. I think it is daughter here. She comes from somewhere in Pennsylvania and never speaks that everybody does not laugh. Her name is Beatrice Daw. The other evening Marie Kays, Beatrice and myself were hunting up some rooms in the main building. And whenever we would ask where anyone roomed, they would laugh so hard that they could not tell us. Then a senior has come into the room across the hall from me. She has just graduated from a [train crossing course?] and is awfully cute. She is very nice to all the girls, although they are several years younger than she. Marie Kays is awfully nice and every body likes her. Last night, after dinner most of the College girls sang college songs for about an hour and then we studied. Yesterday morning we all had a hygiene lecture and sometime within the next few days we have all got to be examined. We are on the campus all day and just go back for our meals -- [moved from fourth page] We can study between times in the library and that is where I am now. Mamma will be glad to hear that for our second lesson in English we had to write a composition. Our English instructor is quite pretty and does not look a bit sarcastic. The other evening after chapel, Mrs Kendrick got up to address the girls, and had hardly begun before the electric light wire broke and the whole chapel filled with girls was left in pitch darkness. Some had to hold hands so they would [...] get separated and come out that way. It was quite exciting. I was with one of the girls I met in Physics. I think Physics is going to be quite nice. The professor is terribly stupid & slow but there are some awfully nice girls in there and we have two hours experimental work every two weeks. I have just found a note on my door from a senior who used to be at Dana’s, Miss Newell wrote to her about me and she has invited me to a big entertainment. I am going to get dressed and go out rowing [moved from top of first page] with Marie, Jane (the ranch girl) & another girl. So Good Bye - Give my love to Mamma Margery --- Colonel David [Q?] Ryerson 22 Prospect S[treet?] South Ora[nge?] New Jersey Show less

Date

From scrapbook dated c. September 1901 - July 20, 1906

Creator

Williams, Ellen

Date

January 9, 1866

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Vassar College Po'keepsle Jan. 9th 1866 Dear Mother. I am so tired I can hardly sit up this evening but I know you will be anxous to hear of my welfare so I will exert myself to write a few words at least. You will of course e'er this imagine we are here all right without further information on my part. We suceeded very well in making all the changes and hardly suffered from the cold at all. The only place where I was really uncomfortable was in crossing the river. We reached... Show moreVassar College Po'keepsle Jan. 9th 1866 Dear Mother. I am so tired I can hardly sit up this evening but I know you will be anxous to hear of my welfare so I will exert myself to write a few words at least. You will of course e'er this imagine we are here all right without further information on my part. We suceeded very well in making all the changes and hardly suffered from the cold at all. The only place where I was really uncomfortable was in crossing the river. We reached Newburgh about eight o'clock this morning and found the Hudson solide with no means of taking us across. So we had to walk. Mr Bartlett bundled Mollie and I up so we did not feel the cold very much but we were very glad to reach the station at Fishkill. Mr Bartlett rode out to the College with me but did not stay promising to come again soon. The girls seem delighted to see me. Jennie got here this morning and Nellie that evening. We are having a very unfortunate time here at present which I have been almost inclined to think is because I said so much while home about the delightful way in which the building was heated. The very cold weather and direction of the wind has changed all that and our rooms in common with all the rest Is below freezing temerature. The girls are allowed to go wherever they can make themselves comfortable and 1 am now in the library and Emily studying near. They hope to have it arranged in a few days so that we may be more comfortable but as it now is it add still more to the lonesome, homesick feeling which I will this once at least confess to be very strong. Oh Mother I can hardly realise yet that I have left you for so long except by the choking sensation which has been in my throat all day and whichwould show itself through my eyes sometimes. But I am going to try and stand it six months more though I believe if you should say the word I should be strongly tempted to come home at the end of the five weeks, when the half year will close. Many of the girls think of leaving then I believe if possible. But I might better be in bed than writing what I suppose will do me no good and make you feel worse. I have beea studying this after- noon and expect to go in my classes though 1 can't expect my lessons will be very well prepared for X am so tired that I must go to bed now. I hear Anna Dickinson lectured in P— last week so X shall be disappointed in that. Please send that Photo of myself which I promised Mary Cornell as I forgot it and she has asked for it. Please write soon and as much as you can for my letters will be my greatest consolation. Love to Aunt Emily and all enquiring friends and believe Your ever loving daughter EUen Mollie wanted me to send ever so much love to you all when I wrote. Show less

Date

From scrapbook dated June 3, 1887 - March 1, 1938

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From scrapbook dated June 3, 1887 - March 1, 1938

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From scrapbook dated June 3, 1887 - March 1, 1938

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From scrapbook dated c. September 1893 - November 27, 1901

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From scrapbook dated c. September 1901 - July 20, 1906

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From scrapbook dated c. September 1901 - July 20, 1906

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From scrapbook dated c. September 1901 - July 20, 1906

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

Creator

Hansell, W.F.

Date

March 11, 1861

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[Guilad a] Mar 1 1861 Mr. M. Vassar My dear freind[sic] I just write to congratulate you upon the near consummation of your long cherished place for a Female College. I believe the enteprize[sic] to be one greatly needed to supply one of the most pressing demands of the times and that it will meet with the cordial sympathy of good and wise men and what is [seen] valuable, the approbation of God You have chosen to do this work yourself, rather than to leave it in the charge of executives and,... Show more[Guilad a] Mar 1 1861 Mr. M. Vassar My dear freind[sic] I just write to congratulate you upon the near consummation of your long cherished place for a Female College. I believe the enteprize[sic] to be one greatly needed to supply one of the most pressing demands of the times and that it will meet with the cordial sympathy of good and wise men and what is [seen] valuable, the approbation of God You have chosen to do this work yourself, rather than to leave it in the charge of executives and, I am persuaded it will be vastly better done Yourexample too, will not be without its influence upon others who wish to do good but who accordig[according] to common custom propose to do it when are dead. Like David you have chosen … your own life to serve your generation by the will of God. The generation to come after you will be the better served thereby. I trust that God will spare you to witness the practical & successful operation of the plans you have so generously devised I suppose you have received many suggestions as to the kind of training to be given in the Institution, but I cannot refrain from submitting this to your Consideration, that a depart--ment[department] of instruction in household duties should be established. It is lamentable to think that while custom prescribes a cause of instruction adapted to fit young ladies to perform their [act] gracefully in society, it demands almost nothing to qualify them to preside over the domestic arrangements of the family. I believe that grater[sic] discontent in occasioned in households by the wane of practical knowledge in this aspect than in any other Let us have if need be a little less knwledges[sic] of Latin & Music and a little more of the mode of taking care of a household I bid you God speed my friend in this laudable under-[taking]taking[undertaking] It is a high [brow] to have your name associated in future times with such an enterprise With my kindest regards to Mrs Vassar I remain with great esteem Yrs[yours] etc Wm[William] F. Hansell Show less

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From scrapbook dated c. September 1901 - July 20, 1906

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

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From scrapbook dated August 12, 1910 - June 22, 1912

Date

22 Jul [1882]

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July 22 Dear Anne When you go from Chicago to see [Harry?] I want you to get him some peaches about as many as you think he can eat before they spoil. Do not get those large nice looking ones that never ripen but I think you can pick out some I should think 1.00 ought to buy enough but you can judge I think. Mr. Pulsifer has annother job for you out to Columbus Ohio to teach English branches in some big school 1000. per annum said they wanted his wifes sister but she cant go because dont want... Show moreJuly 22 Dear Anne When you go from Chicago to see [Harry?] I want you to get him some peaches about as many as you think he can eat before they spoil. Do not get those large nice looking ones that never ripen but I think you can pick out some I should think 1.00 ought to buy enough but you can judge I think. Mr. Pulsifer has annother job for you out to Columbus Ohio to teach English branches in some big school 1000. per annum said they wanted his wifes sister but she cant go because dont want to go so far west & because she is to open a school in Auburndale etc. but they know you could take the place &c. Your father says once a teacher and always a teacher If you wanted a place you could’nt find one to suit & now you dont want one plenty offer. I looked for a postal from you tonight (Wednesday) but did not get any. Shall have one in the morning I am sure. Sent a letter to Mechanicsville and one to Seneca Falls. Took me plenty of postal cards I wont trouble you to write much for you can tell me all when you get home but [crossed out: two or] three ^or four postals a week wont be much trouble to you & every day seems a month till I hear. I went to Canton today & got your silk. Will send some in the letters I [direct?] to Chicago. I imagine you leave Thursday for Seneca Falls. & on Sat shall look for another postal from there. Sat I must close this letter now or you will hardly get it at Jackson. Got your postal [crossed out: from] ^written at Eva’s on Thursday night. Shall look for plenty of postal cards I wont trouble you to write much for you can tell me all when you get home but [crossed out: two or] three ^or four postals a week wont be much trouble to you & every day seems a month till I hear. I went to Canton today & got your silk. Will send some in the letters I [direct?] to Chicago. I imagine you leave Thursday for Seneca Falls. & on Sat shall look for another postal from there. Sat I must close this letter now or you will hardly get it at Jackson. Got your postal [crossed out: from] ^written at Eva’s on Thursday night. Shall look for --- annother tonight. With love Mother Wrote to you care of Lilly White at Senica Falls. Stoughton Mass. Jul 22 Anne C. Southworth 702 Francis St Jackson Mich Care C. R. RussellIf not delivered within 10 days, to be returned to Mary C Southworth Stoughton MassCarrier Jul 24 [5?]AM Show less

Creator

Worthing, Margaret (Fletcher)

Date

17 March 1911

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1911? Friday [...]. Mar. 17th St Patricks Dearest mother; - I just remembered this is St. Patrick’s - The storm Wednesday was not local - we had it too - the cold still asts. The gale of 60 miles an hour ceased with last night’s sundown - Your coat which is very good looking - with underware etc- came yesterday, also Daddy’s apparel which quite pleases him. Grandmother says she hasn’t written you for she expected you home last Sat. night - your [...] alloted time, and has not [known?] since... Show more1911? Friday [...]. Mar. 17th St Patricks Dearest mother; - I just remembered this is St. Patrick’s - The storm Wednesday was not local - we had it too - the cold still asts. The gale of 60 miles an hour ceased with last night’s sundown - Your coat which is very good looking - with underware etc- came yesterday, also Daddy’s apparel which quite pleases him. Grandmother says she hasn’t written you for she expected you home last Sat. night - your [...] alloted time, and has not [known?] since what your address was. She has been looking daily for your needles for her by express! There is a [...ss?]- supper at the church tonight which as Mrs. Beginty is here, is the most strenuous exercise for me for the day. We had a letter from you yesterday and [m…?] [...e?] this A. M. Grace writes that Isabelle is not any better - I was terribly sorry to hear it - Have just as good a time, just as long [crossed out: a time], as you possibly can! We are getting on famously and hope you will wait till Grace comes. With best love, M’g’t - Show less